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CLEP Analyzing And Interpreting Literature

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1. A moment of insightfulness when a character realizes some truth.






2. A type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme - line length - and metrical pattern.






3. The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry.






4. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object animal - or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.






5. The traditional beliefs and customsof a group of people that have been passed down orally.






6. The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words.






7. The group of readers to whom a piece of literature is directed.






8. Words spoken by one character in a play - either directly to the audience or to another character - that the other characters supposedly do not hear.






9. Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or story.






10. An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action.






11. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using 'like' or 'as'.






12. A four line stanza in a poem.






13. A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones.






14. A character struggles with himself/herself and his/her opposing needs.






15. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist.






16. The grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue.






17. The conversation of characters in a literary work.






18. The selection of words in a literary work.






19. Imitates another literary work using humor usually to make the author and/or the work appear ridiculous.






20. A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas - characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.






21. Refers to how a piece of literature is written rather than to what is actually said.






22. A story passed down over the generations that was once believed to be true.






23. The measured pattern of rhyhtmic accents in poems.






24. A technique in which words - phrases - or sounds are repeated for emphasis.






25. A speech delivered while only one character is on stage; it reveals a character's innermost thoughts and feelings.






26. A struggle or clash between opposing characters - forces - or emotions.






27. Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable.






28. A historical or literary reference to a person - place - thing - or event that the reader is expected to recognize.






29. The difference between what a character expects and what the reader knows will happen.






30. The use of similar structure to express similar or related ideas - words - phrases - sentences - or paragraphs may be organized in a parallel structure.






31. An intensification of the conflict in a story or play.






32. The difference between what is expected and what actually happens.






33. The reason the author has written a piece of literature.

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34. A subsidiary or subordinate or parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot.






35. The first stage of a functional or dramatic plot - in which necessary background information is provided.






36. A character struggles against some outside force.






37. The narrator is outside of the story and tells the story from the perspective of only one character.






38. The character or force with which the protagonist conflicts.






39. The difference between what a chracter says and what he/she means.






40. The resolution of the plot of a literarture work.






41. A Greek term first used by Aristotle to describe the emotional cleansing or purification that results after watching a tragedy performed on stage.






42. A metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables.






43. The use of symbols in literature to convey meaning.






44. The process by which the writer presents and reveals a character.






45. The organizational form of a literary work.






46. A short story that teaches a moral or a religious lesson.






47. A poem that tells a story.






48. A division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form - - either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter - or with variations from one stanza to another.






49. A figure of speech in which two opposing ideas are combined.






50. Smaller units of plays that are broken down.






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